The Quickening

The Quickening

Track Listings

1. God's Closed His Eyes

2. Seasoned

3. Swollen River

4. In Spite of Love

5. Spoken Word

6. Sweetheart

7. Testing Me

8. Dying Kiss

9. Real Thing

10. Porch Dog

11. Room 220

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
The first studio album for over 2 years, The Quickening sees Jo and Danny develop further their own take on the worldwide alternative folk scene. Joined by Scottish folk musicians and a London percussionist, the album is ideally placed to build on the increasing awareness of the genre. This CD is released to coincide with The Green Man Festival 2005. 11 total tracks. Double Snazzy. 2005.

Tracks:

Stop Smiling
It's A Fact
Marry Me
Allah
Tastes Like Chicken
(But Then) She Spoke
How (Did This Loser Get This Job?)
Hungry For You
Failure Is The Best Revenge
Aging Orange
Canine Euthenaisa
Moving Up
(I'll Make You) Love Me
Choosing Your Masters
I Believe

Album Description

This is The Vandals second album with Nitro Records. The gods of humor-core are back this time with predictions of the end of the world. The Quickening delivers the freak humor that Vandals fans have come to know and love.

Customer Reviews:

One of the best cds in the world.......2005-03-08

this cd is the outcome of putting a really good guitarist, bassist, vocalist, and one of the best drummers on the face of the earth and a couple of hillarious lyrics in a band together.

Stop smiling 9/10 great opener, the drums are awesome at the beginning.

Its a fact- 9/10 fun song, but not as good as it gets

Marry me- 9/10 awesome song with the guitar solo the drumming the vocals, everything

allah- 9/10 really good drumming in this song, just really really good.

Tastes like chicken- 9.5/10 funny and catchy, sounds like an outrage against chickfilae or somethin...

But then she spoke- 10/10 one of the most catchy choruses in the world, and the lyrics r funny, but they can also be taken seriously.

How (did this loser get this job?)- 9/10 or at least 9/10 for the song because the song itself isnt that good but the drumming on here deserves a 100/10. its fast as heck and josh freese doesnt stop!

Hungry for you- 7/10 wow, a song with a rating lower than an 8. anyways, its the worst song on the album, not saying its really bad or anything, but its really overshadowed by the other songs.

Faliure is the best revenge- 10/10 hillarious song with awesome drumming. and guitar. do i need to say this for every song? cause josh freese just beats the heck out of the drum set on every song and does it better than any other punk drummer.

Aging Orange- 11/10 I absolutly love this song, i used to listen to it daily, at least. and its really funny.

Canine Euthenasia- 8/10 wow its a song that actually has serious lyrics. its good, but its not very "vanal's like"

Moving up- 10/10 hillarious, awesome song with great drumming, etc.

(I'll make you) Love me- 11/10 my other favorite song off the album, it has a great guitar bridge, hillarious lyrics, and crazy drumming in the choruses.

Choosing your masters- 9/10 pretty good song, takes it down a notch from what has been going on in the album. i think this song would go well on the vandal's album hollywood potatoe chip, but thats just my opinion.

I believe- 10.5/10 awesome guitar bass vocals drumming lyrics and any other aspect of a song you can think of. and it ends off the album, so thats awesome. at the end of this song, they actually slow down for 20 seconds, so thats a good way to lead you out of the album.

so, basically, this is a great album musically and lyrically, and really funny. and i would just like to state that josh freese is the guy who makes this whole album come together, cause without his awesome drumming, the vandals would be another so-so punk band (even though warren fitzgerald's guitar is awesome too, and dave's vocals are great)

Best Vandals album ever!!!.......2004-08-17

Thru and thru every song on this is astounding. The Vandals cross intellectually humurous lyrics with speedy punk tunes. The music is well done and catchy...the lyrics are hilarious. My favorites are How did this loser get this job, I believe, Stop smiling, Aging orange, And then she spoke, and It's a fact. If you like humorous punk...this is it.

If this was an ep it would have been gold.......2004-04-17

There is only one big problem with this ablum and it is that songs 1-6 are great but then the album goes seriously downhill after that. The songs up to number 10 are OK but after that they are just boring and nothing that is really good or that can measure up to the first six.
The first six songs but mainly the first five redeem this album almost completely. The lyrics to all of them are hilarious and the instrumentals are very good considering the fact that this is a punk album! "Allah" is a very song,through the eyes of a Muslim convert and is almost relevant in the worls that we live in. "Stop Smiling" hits two birds with one stone by making fun of hippies and christians.
This is probably the best Vandals ambum out there only because of the great songs 1-6.

nice........2003-05-25

this is a great cd and is much better than agent orange([silly] songs about spies)

What Great Lyrics!.......2002-11-13

I haven't seen lyrics like these since Gilbert & Sullivan. They're funny, but not shock value funny; they're witty funny. The humor isn't forced like in other bands; here it's so natural. And they're not on the usual topics of modern music; rather, these guys write about social institutions, human nature, religion, and more.

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It's about the music
Something else...
Thereýs a lot of great jazz piano trio music out there . . .

Quickening
Frank Kimbrough Trio
Manufacturer: Omnitone Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000C0FBT
Release Date: 2003-09-23

Tracks:

Quickening
Cascade Rising
Chant
Clara's Room
Svengali
For Duke
TMI
Ancestor

Album Description

One of the most engrossing jazz piano trio albums to come along in the last ten years! Eight of pianist Frank Kimbrough's intriguingly unfolding original compositions — wonderfully melodic and full of regeneration — are captured in a live concert of New York's influential Jazz Composers Collective concert. Because this was a live concert, these tracks are first and only takes and they are astounding (!), crackling with anticipation, generating excitement with each turn of a phrase. Joining Frank are bassist Ben Allison (Palmetto recording artist, whose most recent recording Peace Pipe ran high on the CMJ charts for seven weeks and was recently named one of the top albums of the year in the Down Beat international critics poll) and drummer Jeff Ballard (dynamic drummer for Chick Corea). Jazz piano fans, new music fans, good music fans — Quickening may take your breath away!

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It's about the music .......2004-08-17

I recall attending a concert of Oscar Peterson's in the 1970's. The Opera House was packed with people and expectation. The great man came on whipped through a dozen or so familiar tunes demonstrating his amazing facility, technique, speed, dezterity, knowledge, and left me bored and disappointed. The music passed us by that night. In the album QUICKENING it seems to me to be all about the music and it delivers in terms of continually interesting improvisation, emotional power, and satisfying structure. The dynamics of SVENGALI with its Middle East - Spanish rhythmic echoes is a study in itself of beautiful pianism and integrated communal trio music making at the highest level. Wonderful. If Mr Kimbrough touched a chord with me, it was my deep love of music regardless of genres and one also associated with the genius of Mr Paul Bley. Fear not - QUICKENING is a musical delight and one that you will return to many times.

Something else..........2003-10-11

Different things require a different approach and the development of a new taste. This record is "something else" in the sense that it catches you off-guard from the first note on and it sets itself in your brain little by little, as all "the real things" in life. It starts with "Quickening", a tune that echoes (to me) the best Don Pullen and Keith Jarrett of the seventies and goes on, in a magical trip, with "Cascade Rising"; give it a listen: interplay is the keyword here! Then the hypnotic and almost Monkian "Chant". "Clara's room" and "For Duke" are beautiful romantic tracks, well worth the "Bill Evans Tradition first prize", even if a bit "spicier"; Bill, with players like this your heritage is definitely not going to get lost, for sure. "Svengali" acts as a different "flavour dispenser" for 9 minutes. "TMI" gets you back to the contemporary street sounds, in a freesque start that introduces a bluesy, oblique approach to the tune. "Ancestor" is, to me, a "run against the passing time", sort of "A day in the life" jazz version. Don't get me wrong: we're talking no Beatles (God bless'em) nor muzak, here; simply listen to the 200 mph Ben Allison and Jeff Ballard bass/drum lines and tell me that you are not thinking about monday morning at 8:00 o'clock. The Ben Allison and Jeff Ballard "artistic shares" are 33% each, here, with fellow leader Frank. Not a word more about these two monsters, but just an invitation, instead, to check out the Jazz Composers Collective impressive body of work. If you are still into the "intro, theme, solo, reprise, coda" phase you will possibly not like it at the first hearing, but give it a bit of time, please. Something else. Something else.

Thereýs a lot of great jazz piano trio music out there . . ........2003-09-24

. . . but none better than this. Jean-Michel Pilc, The Bad Plus, Taylor Eigsti, Jacky Terrasson, Danilo Perez, Brad Mehldau, Cyrus Chestnut, The Standards Trio, EST, George Colligan, Monty Alexander, Abdullah Ibrahim, John Stetch, John Donaldson, John Taylor, Kenny Werner, DD Jackson, Jessica Williams, Cedar Walton, Mal Waldron, The Drummonds, Bill Mays, Steve Kuhn, Edward Simon, Tord Gustavsen, Martial Solal, Misha Mengelberg, Irene Schweitzer, Marilyn Crispell, Lazlo Gardony, Harold Danko, Ahmad Jamal, Dave Brubeck, Vijay Iyer, Jason Moran, McCoy Tyner, Fred Hersch, Chick Corea, Bill Charlap, John Hicks, Kenny Barron, Michel Camilo, Chucho Valdez, and Paul Bley, to name a few, are all great, but it strikes me that this trio brings more to the table than any of these others do.

First and foremost, we're talking musicality, sheer listenability. Beautiful melodies, brilliant conversational interaction, wonderful invention, engaging collective improv, a proper mix of tradition and innovation, exciting, idea-filled soloing, rhythmic dexterity, exact intonation, complete knowledge of jazz history lightly worn, breathless facility in all styles--these guys have it all. Let's start with the sidemen. Over the last decade, Ben Allison has become, perhaps, the premier bassist on the scene. Besides getting a gorgeous tone from his awkward instrument, he makes it sing, swing, and dance, all the time maintaining perfect intonation. For example, take his solo that closes out "Cascade Rising." There's such a deep command of his instrument that one scarcely notices that it's a bass solo--often not the most musically appealing type of solo. Jeff Ballard is also an absolutely top player. Generally regarded as among the very best of the downtown NY drummers, he shows why on every cut, but especially check out his brilliant work on "Chant," a free-flowing piece that works more on pulse than set rhythms, where he's all over his kit adding coloration, brilliant fills, and polyrhythms, all the while keeping in perfect dialog with his playing partners.

But the real focus here is leader Frank Kimbrough. Every bit a peer of his chosen musical friends (Kimbrough and Allison are founders of the Jazz Composers Collective, a decade-old organization for the promotion and advancement of progressive music, and Ballard is their first call drummer), Kimbrough constantly sets the tone with thoughtful intros, effectively establishing mood, tempo, and sensibility. All the tunes are his as well. Equally effective comping, soloing, or engaging in collective improvisation, Kimbrough excels at rhythmically challenging playing, though he's not primarily a percussive player (but he can pound the keys when called for, as in "Svengali," a striking dark-toned tango). He has a beautiful tone and touch, somewhat reminiscent of Jacky Terrasson (although he's not as prettily delicate) and Kenny Werner.

The tunes cover the waterfront: "Quickening," with is angular Monkish beauty, quirky chord voicings, and rhythmic pulse; "Cascade Rising," a drop-dead gorgeous ballad with a light, lilting Latin beat, as beguiling as crepuscular California graced by Santa Winds (that can blow a little wildly, as happens here); the free-sounding "Chant"; "Clara's Room," a charming waltz that blithely dances and spins out eleven and a half minutes of pure invention; the aforementioned tango-like "Svengali," a tribute to Gil Evans (of which the title is an acronym); the achingly beautiful "For Duke," a slow ballad that perfectly evokes Ellington without sounding one bit slavish or fawning; "TMI," a wicked, slightly off-kilter blues; and "Ancestor," a rousing high-wire-act closer that fully displays the trio's complete mastery of all elements.

One of the amazing things about this disc is that it's a live recording--though you'd never know it from the cleanness of the sound and the impeccability of the playing. And thankfully, for me, at least, there's virtually no audience noise to distract--just the pure magic and excitement of the music.

This is jazz at its absolutely finest--eminently listenable, brilliantly conversational, and bursting with ideas. One of the very top, if not the absolutely best, jazz releases of what continues to be an incredible year for this indigenous American music.

Highlander II The Quickening [Japan Import]
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Highlander II The Quickening [Japan Import]
Heeren Stevens , Lou Gramm Band , The Magnetic AKA , Glenn Hughes , Notorious , Brenda Russell , Cash Hollywood , and Seattle Symphony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000NZPTO4

Product Description

1991, Warner-Pioneer records Japan. Catalog: WMC5-260. Out of print soundtrack CD from the second Highlander film, titled "The Quickening". Featuring memorable music tracks from the film (by Notorious, Heeren Stevens, Lou Gramm (of Foreigner), The Magnetic AKA, Glenn Hughes (no introduction necessary for him), Brenda Russell, Bash Hollywood), as well as score music tracks, performed by The Seattle Symphony. Several of the tracks here were produced by legend Robin George.

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The Quickening
Box O' Clox
Manufacturer: Cinecam Music Productions
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00026QY8O
Release Date: 2004-05-04

Tracks:

24/7
There's Nothing Like Love
Come Back
Straight Faced
The Quickening
Sweet Mountain (Bonus Track)
We All Stand Together (Bonus Track)

Album Description

On the heels of their critically acclaimed Brian Wilson Tribute comes this Mini Album (EP) of original material. Plus BONUS TRACKS: Brian Wilson's "Sweet Mountain" and Paul McCartney's "We All Stand Together". An eclectic mix. Perfect Pop For Perilous Times....

Highlander II: The Quickening [Soundtrack]

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Highlander II: The Quickening [Soundtrack]

Manufacturer: Bronze
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ASIN: B000SO77S6

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10 tracks. Features artists such as Herren Stevens, Lou Gramm, Glenn Hughes, Brenda Russell

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Rock Music
Quickening
Manufacturer: Quickening
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000CA900E
Release Date: 2005-09-20

Tracks:

That's Alot of Work Just to Feel Alive
Did You Know?
Joke
One Thing

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The Quickening

Manufacturer: Espion Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000FC3JOW

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The Quickening

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General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000067P3G
Release Date: 2002-05-09

Tracks:

Demons of the Mind
The Quickening
No Anger
Centerpointe
Dark Night of the Soul
Promise Land
Unconditional
The Red Rider
Just Like the First Time
Rise of the New Moon
Kestala Moya Ke La Ti (Love Comes from the Earth)

Album Description

With her metallic-seared passion, a bewitching slippery vibrato, and unquestionable ability to rock, Chaeya is the most exciting recording artist to emerge in the new millennium. The Quickening, the debut album, offers numinous alternative rock styles as a platform for her diverse approach to recording. Her belting voice, in places relentless, echoes memories of Janis Joplin's blues and the sensual fervor of Heart's, Ann Wilson. Chaeya crafts her lyric with a forceful determination, cutting precisely into the core of the listener's world. She is a storyteller and satisfies us with a depth of insight and wisdom few can.

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The Quickening
It's Jo and Danny
Manufacturer: Double Snazzy
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Folk | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000A6AB8A
Release Date: 2005-08-22

Tracks:

God's Closed His Eyes
Seasoned
Swollen River
In Spite of Love
Spoken Word
Sweetheart
Testing Me
Dying Kiss
Real Thing
Porch Dog
Room 220

Album Description

The first studio album for over 2 years, The Quickening sees Jo and Danny develop further their own take on the worldwide alternative folk scene. Joined by Scottish folk musicians and a London percussionist, the album is ideally placed to build on the increasing awareness of the genre. This CD is released to coincide with The Green Man Festival 2005. 11 total tracks. Double Snazzy. 2005.

Album Details

The First New Studio Album for Over Two Years, 'the Quickening' Sees Jo and Danny Develop Further their Own Take on the Worldwide Alternative Folk Scene. Joined by Scottish Folk Musicians and a London Percussionist, the Album is Ideally Placed to Build on the Increasing Awareness of the Genre. Their Recent Sell-out Show at the Ica in London Shows the Momentum Behind the Band.